Easter Seal Sale Opens March 23 in High Point
The Easter Seal drive, sponsored by the High Point Woman's Club and local League for Crippled Children, runs March 23 to April 5. Proceeds fund spastic child classes at Cloverdale and aid other crippled individuals. seals will be mailed to supporters.
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High Point
Woman's Club
High Point League For Crippled Children
Charles F. Carroll
Worth Ivey
North Carolina
League
FE. M. Jones
Cloverdale
Ada Miller
First Week Shows Women and Negro Groups Surpass Goals
Local Red Cross fund drive nears completion with $15,073.13 raised. Women led by Mrs. Howard Blair and the Negro residential section under O. H. Leak topped their quotas early and helped push totals, while many sales reps exceeded targets up to 490 percent.
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Red Cross Fund
Taylor M. Simpson
High Point
Simpson
Howard Blair
O. H. Leak
K. G. Kennedy
Kester Machine Company
Lyon Furniture Mercantile Company
Eight city measures in process of statutes
Eight measures affecting High Point are at various stages in Raleigh. Five were endorsed by the city council. three approved by the house await senate action. A beer control bill and a civil service bill for fire and police were notable surprises. A building code bill passed the senate to set minimum ordinances for new homes.
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Raleigh
High Point
Senate
House
Walter E. Crissman
Earl N. Phillips
MQRE
Fourth Case Diphtheria Reported in High Point
A fourth diphtheria case in High Point this year was reported to the city health department. Acting health officer W. S. Teachey urged continued immunization for children. The latest case involves a 22 month old child and many parents have sought immunizations since news broke. Affected children mainly from Elm Street School, including a fourth grade student, were linked to contacts in the outbreak.
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High Point
W. S. Teachey
Teachey
Health Department
Elm Street
Penick to Speak In Thomasville On Palm Sunday
The Right Reverend Edwin A Penick of the Diocese of North Carolina will deliver the Palm Sunday sermon at St Pauls Episcopal church Thomasville March 30 at 730 p m The service will be at Grace Lutheran on Salem street due to space issues and a Congregational meeting will follow to discuss building a new church on the Salem street lot.
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Richt
Edwin A. Penick
PD. D
Diocese of
North Carolina
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Thomasville
Dan W. Allen
Lexington
Grace Lutheran Church
Salem Street
Mission Chapel
Commerce Street
St. Paul's
Bishop Penick
Regional Chamber Meeting Set for April 9 at Sheraton
The chamber of commerce plans a regional meet at the Sheraton Hotel on April 9. Dr Emerson Schmidt of the national chamber will address industry and capitalism. Harry Krusz will speak on the chamber in a changing world. D S Coltrane and Bill Sharpe are also listed as speakers with Sizemore hosting and Harry Barlow as toastmaster.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
Frank J. Sizemore
State Board of Directors
Greensboro
Emerson P. Schmidt
National Chamber of Commerce
Harry J. Krusz
North Carolina Association of Chamber of Commerce
D. S. Coltrane
State Department of Agriculture
Bill Sharpe
State News Bureau
Sizemore
Harry *. Barlow
Asheboro
Police seize 300000 false teeth from Berlin black market
Berlin police announced the seizure of 300000 forged teeth from black market sources and said they were pursuing 600000 more. The case highlights widespread counterfeiting in the city, with authorities coordinating raids and investigations across multiple districts.
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Berlin
Local Library Shelves Include Number of Outstanding Books
Miss Elizabeth Gurley, librarian, said 41 of the 50 books on the American Library Association list of outstanding 1946 publications are now shelved at the local library. The holdings include Hiroshima and Delta Wedding among many works, with nine titles not currently in the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Gurley
American Library Association
Gene Fowler
R. E. Gould
Lowells
Ferris Greenslet
Ralph Intersoll
Robert Jackson
V. A. Kravchenko
Alexander of Macedon
Harold Lamb
J. L. Liebman
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Ernie Pyle
Elliott Roosevelt
Burma
G. S. Seagrave
Vincent Sheean
Starling
White House
FE. M. Starling
Pierre van Paassen
General Wainright
Jonathan Wainright
William Allen White
Oscar Williams
W. M. Dean
T. Barbour
Industrialists To Meet At Sedgefield
The High Point chamber of commerce announced Warren Whitney vice president of James B Crow and Co of Birmingham will attend a regional NAM meeting at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro Wednesday at 1 p.m. The event is sponsored by local chambers and associations with T O Moore of Hanes Knitting arranging reservations and acting as toastmaster.
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High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Nam
Virginia
O'Sullivan Rubber Corporation of
Winchester
Earl Bunting
Bunting
Whitney
Walter B. Weisenburger
Execu
Institute On Nitrates May Be Held Here
The chamber of commerce agricultural committee plans an institute on nitrates at local schools to teach farmers about nitrogen use. A letter by William G. Ragsdale to High Point area farmers outlines benefits and proposes inviting nitrogen experts from State College to lecture if interest grows. He notes leguminous crops fix nitrogen improving soil and yields.
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Chamber of Commerce
William G. Ragsdale
Agriculture Committee
High Point
State College
Ragsdale
Baptist Training Union Course Opens This Week
The First Baptist church hosts an annual Training Union study course this week with sessions at 7 pm. Each evening features classes and discussion groups followed by fellowship. Friday ends with a banquet. Teachers include Colen Hedrick, Thelma Patrick, Joe Crowder, and Hutchins.
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Training Union
First Baptist Church
Colen Hedrick
Thelma Patrick
Joe Crowder
Christian Home, Mr. Hutchins
Municipal Civil Court to Convene for Week with Judge MacRae
The Municipal Civil Court will convene Tuesday morning for one week under Judge D. C. MacRae. About 15 trials scheduled plus several uncontested divorces. List of Tuesday through Friday trials includes multiple named parties and entities. unresolved cases will be continued for the term.
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D. C. MacRae
C. F. Young
Bertha Young
Bessie A. Bryan
Edmond Earl Bryan
C. W. Walden
Ross Royals
J. E. Shufelt
Carrie H. Shufelt
Carl R. Cooper
William Brown
Piedmont Auto Finance
W. F
Hebron S. Mann
R. E. Snow
John H. Davis
Ida M. Davis
Walter McCloud
Viola McCloud
Esther Marie Warrell
Ben Bird Warrell
J. W. Albertson
B. M. Shankle
City of High Point
M. Ernest Welch
Hester B. Welch
Arnold Proctor
City Transit Company
City Council Eyes Widening Major Streets in High Point
The Commonwealth Agricultural Society hosts Dr. E C Collins of the State College agronomy dept at 7 30 PM Tuesday in the County building. The council committee proposes widening College Broad and Elm Streets and extending West Washington to the bridge.
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Council
Broad, Elm Streets
E. C. Collins
State College Agricultural Extension Department
Commonwealth Agricultural Society of
High Point
County
South Main Street
Methodist Ministers To Meet For Lenten Event
High Point ministers sponsor a mass meeting at Wesley Memorial at 3 PM with Homer Rodeheaver speaking on a vital issue. Rodeheaver leads singing during Lent services while Dr John W Branscomb delivers sermons. Public invited to 11 AM and 7 30 PM services and weekly evening gatherings.
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High Point
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Homer Rodeheaver
Rodeheaver
Wesley Memorial Church
John W. Branscomb
Orlando
Fla
Dr. Branscomb
Thomasville Students Engage In Aviation Panel Discussion
Ed Lewis reports Thomasville High School hosted two aviation panels with about 150 students showing strong interest in flying. Among them were pilot faculty member Miss Ann Corn and student John Sonny Stone, with 75 percent eager to learn to fly and several aiming for instructor or commercial aviation roles.
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Thomasville
Thomasville High School
T-ville
Igvents
Ann Corn
John
Sonny) Stone
Programs Will Depict History Of High Point
The High Point Radio council will sponsor WMFR programs tracing High Point from a crossroads village to present day. The project will dramatize real growth pains and city milestones. A contest invites citizens with first hand or old timer stories to submit incidents. rules will be public this week.
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High Point Radio Council
WMFR
High Point
Legion Post Buys Home On High Street
Andrew Jackson Post No. 87 of the American Legion announces the purchase of a frame house at 409 High Street. Plans call for renovation into Legion home quarters including a social hall dining room kitchen and meeting spaces for Legion auxiliary and the 40 and R society. Outdoor recreation space will be available on the 100 by 300 foot lot.
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High Street
Andrew Jackson Post No. 87
American Legion
Phil Warner
Legion
Warner
Legion Auxiliary
Le= honor society
UFWA International Head to Visit for Southern Drive Meeting
Advisory council of the United Furniture Workers of America CIO will hold a two day conference March 22 23 at the Sheraton hotel to discuss the CIO southern organizational drive in the furniture industry. UFWA international representative W L Carson of High Point announced Morris Pizer of New York City UFWA president and Ernest Marsh of Los Angeles UFWA organizing director will attend.
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United Furniture Workers of America
CIO
Sheraton
W. L. Carson
High Point
Ufwa International
Carson
High Pointers Suffer Their Share of Income Tax Pangs
Readers faced long lines at the High Point revenue offices as taxpayers scrambled to file state and federal returns. Citizens vented frustrations about exemptions, joint filings, and capital improvements while a jail inmate and a sheriff’s inquiry added urgency. An official stamp and speedy money orders aided the process as one CPA warned of a late-night grind.
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High Point
Federal Revenue
Minnie
Sheriffs Department
Internal Revenue
CPA
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Ellis A. Arnall
Georgia
Christian Fellowship Movement
High Point College
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High Point Bar Association
Joe Aaron
Jean Waton
Bob Hester
Herman Coble, Jr
Amanda Gekas
Rodney Borum
Penick
C of C
Hiroshima
John Hersey
Singing Waters
Ann Bridges
Theodore Dreiser
Howard Fast
WeapPy Few
Helen Howe
Christopher la Farge
Spoonhandle
Ruth Moore
the Fields
Conrad Richter
Gladys Schmitt
Britannia Mews
Margery Sharp
Mary Jane Ward
Eudora Welty
John Dos Passos
Margaret Halsey
America
Spencer
Eric Sevareid
Leland Stowe
Mary Beard
Eisenhower
H. C. Butcher
Geoffrey Chaucer
England
M. G. Chute
Washington
Olive Claper
Kumaoe
J. “. Corbett
Latin America
J. A. Crow
Sedgefield
Warren Whitney
Baptist Training Union
Agronomist
Collins
Public Works Committee
House of the General Assembly
High Point Civil Service
West Washington Street
Willowbrook Street Bridge
English Street
C. L. Amos
Washington and
Broad Streets
Carson Cox
Lexington Grocery Company
J. M. Thomas
The
Elks Club
Amos
Thomas
College Street
Broad Street
West Washington
College
Elm
College Streets
College and Broad Streets
Broad
Reece Snyder
Parks and Recreation
General Assembly
Ed Lewis
GCA
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CAA
Legion Post
UFWA
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